Carl Doumani moved from L.A. to Napa Valley in the 1960s and restored Stags’ Leap Winery. The name of the winery set off the “Apostrophe War” with legendary Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars.

Known for his irreverent spirit, artistic flair and a winemaking career that defied convention, Doumani left a lasting mark on Napa Valley’s culture and landscape. Carl Khier Doumani ...

Carl Khier Doumani, who founded and owned a succession of wineries during more than half a century in the Napa Valley, has died at age 92. Doumani, who in the 1970s turned 100 acres of decades-old ...

Carl Doumani, an iconoclastic and charismatic Napa Valley vintner who led both Stags’ Leap Winery and Quixote Winery, died on April 22, in his Napa Valley home. He was 92 and had been battling ...

Carl Khier Doumani was born to Peter Khier Doumani and Lillian Abdun-Nur Doumani on November 15, 1932, in Los Angeles. He died while napping at home on April 22, 2025, at the age of 92.